Plant Gossypium sp (Malvaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cotton

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
QUERCETIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCIMERITRIN	6	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	not available	2.3	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SEROTONIN	26	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON-OXIDE	0	Seed	1200.0	3900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM-OXIDE	0	Seed	500.0	1400.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	1760.0	5589.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Seed	not available	72900.0	0.45	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR-OXIDE	0	Seed	1700.0	2800.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Stem	not available	17700.0	-1.36	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	not available	3.2	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROLS	0	Oil	not available	900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTANOL	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	67700.0	87700.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
HIV-RT-Inhibitor	2	Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hypercholesterolemic	2	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypocholesterolemic	10	Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991.
Hypocholesterolemic?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic	4	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypokalemic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Hypolipidemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	6	Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	3	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Insectifuge	9	Duke, 1992 *
Insectiphile	5	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.